General Coach Candidate News

[Artie86 3,386]

12 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Ok but he's either in the portal or not. And he's not. 

.....honestly think the players have some idea of who the coach is or possibly is, but not 100%. jmo

[str8baller 7,188]

9 minutes ago, Jet812 said:

To say they don’t understand is probably not a fair characterization.  Perhaps a reasonable position for some is that because Collins is N’western’s best coach, that means he’s better than Bill Foster, Bill Carmody, etc, & I don’t think they or any other Northwestern coach has done much elsewhere, so that may just be a tallest midget accolade.  The bottom line is, some believe in the old Bill Parcells adage that you are who your record says you are…

Wait…you don’t think guys like Bill Carmody and Tex Winter are good basketball coaches?  
 

If you are who your record says you are, Carmodys best season at Princeton is better than McCollums and a bunch of other candidates bandied around here. 

[Alistair Smash 582]

8 hours ago, Trish said:

I feel like I’m hoping for a PS6 this week, instead I’m likely to get a GameCube. 

I still have my old GameCube and my buddies and I break it out for GoldenEye and NFL Blitz on occasion. Nostalgia is a powerful drug. 

[hoosierpatriot22 174]

46 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

Good lord......Go to bed a tad early, come back this morning and some here  have settled on Collins?!!! ?? WTF

That’s my bad. I conducted a social experiment where I just posted his name and then he took over the job for a shift. Back to our regularly scheduled DeVries, Stevens, and apparently Buzz Williams posting

[ib4iu 570]

21 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

We may have to wait to see if Iowa chooses DeVries or McCollum, then we'll get the leftovers....that may be how far IU Basketball has fallen?

 

I was wondering what kind of kid were getting. Is there still smoke for a nice finish and it’s like a brisket on a smoker? Or is it the leftover lid in the back of the fridge and it’s rotten? Which kind of lid are we getting this week?

[HoosierAccipiter 305]

4 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

.....honestly think the players have some idea of who the coach is or possibly is, but not 100%. jmo

Yah, but there’s no possible way the whole team could keep that secret for more than 5min. Somebody would be texting, instagramming, and snapping while they were being told. 

[MrBBall 953]

1 minute ago, hoosierpatriot22 said:

That’s my bad. I conducted a social experiment where I just posted his name and then he took over the job for a shift. Back to our regularly scheduled DeVries, Stevens, and apparently Buzz Williams posting

There is no Buzz on Buzz. That flight takes place somewhat often. Nothing in College Station. 

[Jet812 515]

5 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Wait…you don’t think guys like Bill Carmody and Tex Winter are good basketball coaches?  
 

If you are who your record says you are, Carmodys best season at Princeton is better than McCollums and a bunch of other candidates bandied around here. 

I absolutely think they’re GOOD basketball coaches.  I wouldn’t say they’re GREAT coaches.  I’m hoping for a great coach.

[Ryno6284 4,270]

39 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

a Gamecube with the original Mario Strikers sign me up 100% of the time.  The real ones know

Oh Youngblood…I was thinking NES action set with Mario/duck hunt combo cart and light zapper! Best Christmas ever!

[SlammySammy 1,685]

I don't see any of the IU players names in the portal this morning....I do see a bunch of other names rolling in.....I am going to assume that they do not know who the coach is yet....

[hoosierpatriot22 174]

4 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

There is no Buzz on Buzz. That flight takes place somewhat often. Nothing in College Station. 

I have said from the beginning that Buzz is definitely a winner, but he feels to me like college basketballs #1 doofus. Not necessarily a bad thing, but we already had Crean who also a giant doofus 

[EasyEJay 707]

5 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

.....honestly think the players have some idea of who the coach is or possibly is, but not 100%. jmo

I was ready to completely dismiss the idea of "Mystery candidate" and settle on DeVries, McCollum, or someone of similar nature until yesterday when we had 0 guys enter the portal.

Thought that was really interesting especially considering Monday and Tuesdays would be days in which assistants from programs would have some time to pick up the phone and call guys like Malik or MM who would be pretty highly sought after in the portal. 

If those 2 especially but more Malik doesn't enter the portal today? Then well that might be Big Time because he not not at least testing for Ben McCollum or DeVries . IMO

[SlammySammy 1,685]

You want to lose your lunch this morning? Just check this list of in-state talent that Woody was unable to obtain for 2025

 

2025 Industry Top Basketball Indiana Recruits

[dwtaylor1055 1,692]

2 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

Oh Youngblood…I was thinking NES action set with Mario/duck hunt combo cart and light zapper! Best Christmas ever!

I can hang with some mario/duck hunt lol.  I just introduced my 6-yr old to this game on a relatively newer tv and he was like " dad the screen is blurry, I can't see very well help me "  lol

[HinnyHoosier 6,458]

30 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

I still think the most likely story here is that Tucker is transferring, and Rabby caught wind of it, but the Tucker family didn’t want it known as they’re currently using Indianas NIL position as additional negotiation leverage against other schools to get a better offer.

 

edit: was covering the Rabby/Tucker bit, no clue about what Rabby has said about the coach.

If they're really hunting for a better offer and it's heavily money-driven he might as well just live in Cook Hall and grow his game. No one is going to offer close to what he got from IU this season for doing so little. But I'm guessing they realize that and are waiting to see who the hire is and how it might project with playing time. 

[Kentuckysucks 4,331]

Someone tell me more about DeVries.  I just don't get why we'd be interested.  One person told me his system in incredibly boring and hard to watch.  Tyme says he's a horrible fit personality wise.  Any of that true?  I only watched WVU once and wasn't impressed.

[Juwan Moye 976]

1 minute ago, HinnyHoosier said:

If they're really hunting for a better offer and it's heavily money-driven he might as well just live in Cook Hall and grow his game. No one is going to offer close to what he got from IU this season for doing so little. But I'm guessing they realize that and are waiting to see who the hire is and how it might project with playing time. 

Jerry had said some time back in February that Tucker was already shopping around IIRC. 

[#1fanofafrin 607]

5 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

Oh Youngblood…I was thinking NES action set with Mario/duck hunt combo cart and light zapper! Best Christmas ever!

Yeah . . .let me just tuck this image next to my Advil

[EasyEJay 707]

2 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

I don't see any of the IU players names in the portal this morning....I do see a bunch of other names rolling in.....I am going to assume that they do not know who the coach is yet....

That would suggest the opposite IMO. You can always withdraw your name after a coach is hired and you meet with him you'll be on campus through April into May. 

Unless its a big time coach you know you'll want to play for plus the uptick in NIL from hiring said Big Time coach ? 

[HinnyHoosier 6,458]

2 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

You want to lose your lunch this morning? Just check this list of in-state talent that Woody was unable to obtain for 2025

 

2025 Industry Top Basketball Indiana Recruits

I don't want to add more Woodson PTSD. It's already bad enough knowing we'll have to see Dusty May's name in the top tier of the conference year after year. The less quality names I associate with his buffoonery the better.